Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [coord] [verb] up [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet there is more which the Government could do without too great an increase in public borrowing or putting up taxes . |
| 2 | Mountain streams are usually the longest , originating from springs on high ground and picking up ground water and tributaries as they descend . |
| 3 | She handed Emmie the empty cup and picked up Mo tenderly . |
| 4 | It will be interesting to see whether current opinion confirms that historical evaluation or throws up masters due for a fuller reassessment . |
| 5 | Led by a man named William Shorter , the gang had begun as a small group of poachers , their nickname derived from their dark clothing and blacked up faces for nocturnal raids in the forest . |
| 6 | Do n't forget the landslip had taken place only that morning , Orrie Benyon was just cordoning off the dangerous area and putting up warning notices . |
| 7 | Paradoxically however the demand for better films saw the American film industry move away from its natural habitat and take up residence in a suburban section of what was essentially a southern Californian oasis . |
| 8 | Drake easily told by greatly elongated central tail feathers , 4 in. of total length , combined with striking pattern of dark head and throat and white breast and stripe up side of neck . |
| 9 | They took a left turn and picked up speed . |
| 10 | ‘ Set in a small town Indiana suburb , Randy Quaid and Mary Beth Hurt play Nick and Lily Laemle , a young married couple whose dedication to self betterment , domestic order and keeping up appearances amounts to an obsession . |
| 11 | She learned that Maxim had an elder sister — oddly , she 'd always assumed he must have been the first child — who had married a Quaker school-master and lived up North , had three children and did n't work , ‘ Except at disapproving of the Army , ’ Maxim added . |
| 12 | It is not always easy to directly compare the interest rates between different lenders because of differences in the way the charges are calculated — a good guide is the APR rather than the basic rate — and always bear in mind the possible arrangement or setting up fees ! |
| 13 | Pulls up chair to sit by low sink and turns up sleeves . ) |
| 14 | Children need full assessment and follow up care to aid recovery . |
| 15 | On offer at the shop is a full design and make up service for cots , cribs , Moses baskets , bedding and curtains . |
| 16 | The research will involve theoretical development and both econometric work and back up case study analysis . |
| 17 | If you wish to get married in a church which is not in either parish , you will have to apply to be put on the electoral roll or take up residence in the parish for the period over which the banns will be read . |
| 18 | The ‘ naked ’ crab moved about 60 cm ( 2 ft ) away while the first crab nipped out of its damaged shell and took up residence in the new one . |
| 19 | And in ‘ Macbeth ’ , ‘ when Tarquin ‘ rapes ’ the crown , and the Boar climbs into Duncan 's slashed skin and stands up King of Scotland ’ , one must simply groan , because for all the tortuous extravagance of metaphor , and the twists and turns of myth intended to give it power like twisted elastic , one is not being told anything novel . |
| 20 | These could include promising to join the European Monetary System and mopping up liquidity by , for example , special banking deposit rates . |
| 21 | That does n't just mean using a cash register , giving the correct change and adding up prices , although of course these are important . |
| 22 | He had called in a local firm of builders to carry out the essential brickwork , plastering and re-tiling on the roof ; after that , he took a hand in the redecoration personally , splashing on new paint and putting up wallpaper . |
| 23 | It measured 1270mm wide , so we used a 914mm wide door and built up sides using 15mm laminated chipboard |
| 24 | When computers first reached secondary schools and colleges , many mathematics specialists , like colleagues in physics , welcomed the new horizon and set up computing/IT departments . |
| 25 | They let the horses wander there with Rimir , Isay and two of Finnan 's men watching over them , then found a relatively dry spot and set up camp in what had become their normal routine . |
| 26 | A Yorkshire mill-owner 's seventieth birthday is recorded as bringing ‘ callers all day , bringing little remembrances of flowers , fruit , etc ; ’ while a Kent farm labourer , on reaching the same age after 51 years on the same farm , was given a pension from a local charity and gave up work . |
| 27 | It occurred to him that he could go into any public library where they kept phone directories for the whole country and look up Alec Chipstead and see if his address was Wyvis Hall . |
| 28 | So they scanned the local horizon and set up agreements with Strathclyde for management skills , Napier Poly for plastic skills , Paisley College of Technology for Materials skills , and so on . |